Create a MySQL database and user

Most apps (WordPress, Laravel, custom PHP) need a MySQL database:

Dashboard → Hosting → your website → Databases → Create database

1. Open Dashboard → Hosting → your website → Databases.
2. Click Create database. A database and matching user are created together, with a password you set.
3. Note the four values your app needs: database name, username, password, and host (use localhost).

Put these into your app's config — for WordPress that's wp-config.php, for Laravel your .env. The database name and username are prefixed with your account name (e.g. youruser_appdb) — always use the full prefixed name.

Tip: if you use the one-click WordPress installer, the database is created and wired up for you automatically.